Thumbtack Technology and Aerospike Partner for Continued Enhancement of Big Data Applications

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The partnership will allow Thumbtack Technology and Aerospike to collaborate on successfully deploying projects based on proven technology and best practices to meet businesses’ real-world demands

Unprecedented volumes of data are enabling a new generation of consumer-facing applications where the value comes from engaging in meaningful interactions in real time

Brooklyn, NY (PRWEB)November 06, 2012

Thumbtack Technology announced today a partnership with Aerospike Inc. Thumbtack Technology is a leader in software development services specializing in building and integrating scalable applications for Fortune 500 clients and startups. Aerospike delivers the only real-time NoSQL database and key-value store that delivers predictable high performance for mission-critical, Web-scale applications. The partnership will allow Thumbtack Technology and Aerospike to collaborate on successfully deploying projects based on proven technology and best practices to meet businesses’ real-world demands.

"Thumbtack's mission is to provide scalable software solutions, and Aerospike is a natural fit for achieving this across a variety of application issues,” said Ben Engber, Founder and CEO of Thumbtack Technology. “We've found their database to be a leader in terms of performance, and are excited to enter into this strategic relationship to better serve both of our customers."

Founded in 2003, Thumbtack is dedicated to bringing the highest quality software development at the most reasonable price to organizations with limited management resources. The Aerospike database features a flash-optimized, shared-nothing architecture scales linearly, consistently processing over 200,000 transactions per second per node with sub-millisecond latency and database reliably with storage for billions of objects and terabytes of data.

“Unprecedented volumes of data are enabling a new generation of consumer-facing applications where the value comes from engaging in meaningful interactions in real time,” said Aerospike Founder and CTO Brian Bulkowski. “Thumbtack Technology is a valuable partner in turning the promise of these applications into a reality. Combining proven success in building Web-scale big data applications with deep expertise in media, social media and mobile, Thumbtack Technology provides a natural complement to our Aerospike real-time NoSQL database and key-value store in delivering on companies’ fast big data demands.”

Mark Leibowitz, Head of Sales at Thumbtack Technology said, “"Partnering with Aerospike was a natural fit for us due to our focus on Big Data Analytics and building High Volume Transaction-oriented systems. Our close relationship with Aerospike will ensure our joint customers that their current and future needs are being met."

About Thumbtack:

Based in Brooklyn, New York, Thumbtack Technology is a leading software development services firm that specializes in building and integrating scalable applications and systems for Fortune 500 clients and start-ups. Thumbtack is business driven, focusing on key customer pain points, tackling the most difficult problems while scaling applications to an Internet audience.

About Aerospike:

Aerospike, Inc. offers the only real-time NoSQL database and key-value store that delivers predictable high performance for mission-critical, Web-scale applications. Aerospike’s flash-optimized, shared-nothing architecture scales linearly, consistently processing over 200k transactions per second per node with sub-millisecond latency. With automatic fail-over, replication, and cross data center synchronization, the Aerospike database reliably stores billions of objects and terabytes of data—while providing 100% uptime and a 10x improvement in TCO over other NoSQL databases. Customers accelerating their business with Aerospike include adMarketplace, eXelate, Sony’s So-net, and The Trade Desk.